Call for Papers: 3rd Annual Conference on Macro-Finance Research

The SF Fed’s Center for Monetary Research is sponsoring an annual conference on macro-finance research. This year’s event will be held in San Francisco on Friday, October 9, 2026. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the latest macro-finance research, broadly defined as work on the links between financial markets, monetary policy, and the macroeconomy. Both empirical and theoretical submissions are encouraged. The academic keynote presentation will be given by Jeremy Stein from Harvard University. There will also be a policy keynote speech by a current central banker. You can view last year’s conference program on our website. Those interested in presenting their research at this conference should send a PDF of their paper to Macro.Finance.Conference@sf.frb.org by May 31, 2026. Travel expenses for authors and discussants will be reimbursed.

The Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research will again be conferred upon an exceptional scholar at this conference. The award recognizes an early-career researcher (within ten years of receiving their Ph.D.) who has made significant and policy-relevant contributions to research in macro-finance and/or monetary economics. The goal of this annual award is to honor and support outstanding researchers who will shape the future of macro-finance and monetary research, and its applications in central banking. Please send nominations to CMR@sf.frb.org by the submission deadline. Nominations should include a brief justification and the nominee’s CV. Self-nominations are accepted. The award recipient does not need to have a paper on the conference program.

Organizers: Michael Bauer, Thomas Mertens, and Pascal Paul